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Direction issued to West Sussex county council

A statutory direction issued to West Sussex county council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

From:
Department for Education
Published
4 June 2019
Last updated
17 December 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Direction issued to West Sussex county council

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Details

This direction has closed and a direction issued by the Department for Education (DfE) on 17 December 2019 replaces it.

This direction requires the council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services, including cooperating with the DfE-appointed Children’s Services Commissioner, John Coughlan.

It follows a report by Ofsted that judged the overall effectiveness of the council’s children’s social care services to be inadequate.

Updates to this page

Published 4 June 2019
Last updated 17 December 2019 + show all updates

  1. This direction has now closed and a link has been added to the new revised direction.

  2. First published.

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